Cheap Trick‘s “I Want You to Want Me” has become a classic-rock staple since it was first released as part of In Color in 1977. But it was hardly a sure thing at the time. Producer Tom Werman had an interesting vision for the song. In his head, he heard it as a “dancehall tune,” […]
YUNGBLUD’S new album drops this Friday, and he is seeing the release out in style Ahead of his new album ‘YUNGBLUD’ dropping on Friday, YUNGBLUD has shared one more little taster track. And it’s a beauty. It’s called ‘Tissues’, and is a vibrant and irresistible ditty all about the beautiful things that happen you start […]
Evile guitarist Ol Drake is hosting a livestream on September 4 to help raise money for himself and his family. In an Instagram post, Drake notes that being a professional musician isn’t exactly the most glamourous lifetsyle in the world, and that the livestream is meant to help out his financial situation. The livestream will […]
Former Alice Cooper and current Demi Lovato guitarist Nita Strauss has released a blistering new solo instrumental single titled “Summer Storm.” You can hear the song and watch the video below. “Summer Storm” finds Strauss getting back into her solo comfort zone of pulverizing instrumental metal, blending harmonized guitar riffs, brutal one-note breakdowns and dizzying […]
Vince Neil-led Motley Crue performed at State Farm Stadium in Glendale on Thursday, August 25. The tour has been drawing an average of 36,000-some people a night, grossing just under $5 million a show for a bill that’s topped by the Crue and Def Leppard with Poison, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts and a young […]
Detherous will release their new record Unrelenting Malevolence on November 11 and is now streaming the horrifically disgusting new single “Gruesome Tools Of Torture.” The song is about surgical dismemberment without anesthesia, because maximum suffering is clearly the only option when it comes to death metal. It certainly helps that the song sonically fits the […]
Micky Dolenz is suing the FBI over documents regarding the Monkees. In 1967, an FBI informant attended one of the group’s concerts and took notes on the performance. About 10 years ago, a select portion of this file was publicly released. “During the concert, subliminal messages were depicted on the screen which, in the opinion […]
The topic of Murderdolls has become a little contentious recently. The band was originally founded by Wednesday 13 and then-Slipknot drummer Joey Jordiso along with then-Static-X guitarist Tripp Eisen participating. Eisen quickly left the band and was replaced by Acey Slade, while both Eric Griffin and Ben Graves also joined. That original iteration of Murderdolls […]
John Lennon‘s Aug. 30, 1972, headlining benefit performance at Madison Square Garden would ultimately turn out to be the final full-length concert of his life. The show arrived amid a tumultuous time. Lennon had come under harsh scrutiny from President Richard Nixon due largely to his outspoken opposition to the Vietnam War, as well as […]
It’s been a rough past decade for Megadeth. In addition to the usual member turnover, the metal lifers faced leader Dave Mustaine‘s cancer scare, a public dismissal of their bass player following allegations of child grooming and the rerecording of parts of their 16th album, The Sick, the Dying … and the Dead! On top of that, there was […]